Failed Evidence Why Law Enforcement Resists Science

Name: Failed Evidence Why Law Enforcement Resists Science
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ISBN: 9780814790557

ISBN-10: 0814790550

ISBN-13: 9780814790557

Edition: 2012

Authors: David A. Harris

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With the popularity of crime dramas likeCSIfocusing on forensic science, and increasing numbers of police and prosecutors making wide-spread use of DNA, high-tech science seems to have become the handmaiden of law enforcement. But this is a myth,asserts law professor and nationally known expert on police profiling David A. Harris. In fact, most of law enforcement does not embrace science—it rejects it instead, resisting it vigorously. The question at the heart of this book is why.»» Eyewitness identifications procedures using simultaneous lineups—showing the witness six persons together,as police have traditionally done—produces a significant number of incorrect identifications.»»…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 9/3/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 269
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

David A. Harris is Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of Good Cops: The Case for Preventive Policing and Profiles in Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work . He lives in Pittsburgh.



Acknowledgments



Introduction: Science-Driven Policing, or Police Indifference to Science?



Science and Traditional Police Investigative Methods: A Lot We Thought We Knew Was Wrong



In Their Own Words: Why Police and Prosecutors Say They Resist Science



The Real Reasons for Resistance: Cognitive Barriers



The Real Reasons for Resistance: Institutional and Political Barriers



What Must Be Done and How to Make It Happen



Reasons for Hope: Examples of Real Change



Conclusion: From the Task to the Solutions


Notes


Index


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